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Article: Letter from the publisher.(regulation of over the counter drugs and nutritional supplements)(Column)
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- Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 The Townsend Letter Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In last month's column, I worried about how the political change of 2006 might impact the politics of alternative medicine. I made a tacit assumption that Democrats might push for more regulations of alternative medical practices and nutritional medicine, repudiating the laissez-faire style of the Republicans. We didn't really need to wait long. In December, even before the freshmen Democrats took office, and while Republican office staff were huddled in the Congressional basement putting out classified ads for new employment, both the Senate and the House passed legislation regulating over-the-counter drugs and nutritional supplements.
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